(A) Controlled access lots on public waters are permissible if created as part of subdivision and are subject to meeting or exceeding the following standards:
(1) Lots must meet the width and size requirements for residential lots and must be suitable for the intended uses of controlled access and recreation.
(2) If docking, mooring, or over-water storage of more than six watercraft is to be allowed at a controlled access lot, then the width of the lot (keeping the same lot depth) must be increased by the percent of the requirements for riparian residential lots for each watercraft beyond six, consistent with the following table:
Controlled Access Lot Frontage Requirements | |
Ratio of lake size to shore | Length (acres/miles); required percent increase in frontage |
Less than 100 | 25% |
100 - 200 | 20% |
201 - 300 | 15% |
301 - 400 | 10% |
Greater than 400 | 5% |
(3) The lot must be jointly owned by all purchasers of lots in the subdivision or by all purchasers of non-riparian lots in the subdivision who are provided riparian access rights on the access lot.
(4) Covenants or other equally effective legal instruments must be developed that:
(a) Specify which lot owners have authority to use the controlled access lot; identify what activities are allowed. The activities may include watercraft launching, loading, storage, beaching, mooring, docking, swimming, sunbathing, or picnicking.
(b) Limit the total number of vehicles allowed to be parked and the total number of watercraft allowed to be continuously moored, docked, or stored over water, and must require centralization of all common facilities and activities in the most suitable location on the lot to minimize topographic and vegetation alterations.
(c) Require all parking areas, storage buildings, and other facilities to be screened by vegetation or topography as much as practical from view from the public water, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions.
(Ord. 97-2021, passed 7-20-21)